Southerners have this love of embellishment. Even when you…

“Ivy waved the wet handkerchief, as much as to say, words cannot possibly articulate my profound distress. Then, because Ivy never settled for meaningful…

— Gail Carriger

If you come up with the original idea on your laptop, anything else is an embellishment of that idea. It's nice to have the…

— Hudson Mohawke

I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources…

— Jane Austen

I’ve always been very detail orientated, but I have gone from embellishment to nudity - from designing for a woman that likes to be…

— Christian Louboutin

Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will…

— Samuel Johnson

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

— Vera Wang

You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either continue to…

— Billy Collins

But if there was embellishment, it only had to do with the facts.

— Louise Erdrich

Beauty has so many charms, one knows not how to speak against it; and when it happens that a graceful figure is the habitation…

— Laurence Sterne

Punctuality is an essential trait of the teacher. It is a foundation, not an embellishment.

— Boyd K. Packer

The inspiration starts with the armor my parents collected. The references are subtle, whether in the mix of textures (woven, quilted, pleated) or in…

— Tory Burch

At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of…

— George Washington

I loved fairy tales as a kid. I've always been drawn to fantasy. They're always exciting. There's never a dull moment. I just love…

— Gail Carson Levine

Flying is hypnotic and all pilots are victims to the spell. Their world is like a magic island in which the factors of life…

— Ernest K. Gann

“Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.”

— Aljean Harmetz